nikhil kumar gupta (18-1-2016)

The General Quiz-by NKG

Question 1

Question 1

Answer 1

• Wiki’15

Question 2

• A ______ salad is a salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and black pepper.

• Despite popular belief, it was not named after somebody the king of diamonds in a traditional deck of playing cards represents.

Question 2

• A ______ salad is a salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and black pepper.

• Despite popular belief, it was not named after somebody the king of diamonds in a traditional deck of playing cards represents.

Answer 2

• Caesar

Question 3

• It is said when Julius was young he was kidnapped by pirates on the way to study oratory. They wanted 50 X(money at the time) ransom. He made friends with the pirates and he was later freed when Caesar's uncle paid the money. Once he was freed he had the pirates executed.

• What is X, which is a Latin term for “weight, sum of money/gold”.

Question 3

• It is said when Julius was young he was kidnapped by pirates on the way to study oratory. They wanted 50 X(money at the time) ransom. He made friends with the pirates and he was later freed when Caesar's uncle paid the money. Once he was freed he had the pirates executed.

• What is X, which is a Latin term for “weight, sum of money/gold”.

Answer 3

• Talents

Question 4

Identify the person on the right. This was one of the most widely criticized moments of this guy’s life.

Question 4

Identify the person on the right. This was one of the most widely criticized moments of this guy’s life.

Answer 4

• (then) President George H.W. Bush, being supposedly amazed by a barcode scanner.

Question 5• It is presented as the famous last excuse for Fascism in Italy. In

1936 the American journalist George Seldes complained that when his fellow-countrymen returned home from holidays in Italy they seemed to cry in unison: 'Great is the Duce; the ______ ___ __ ___' And no matter how often they were told about Fascist oppression, injustice and cruelty, they always said the same thing: 'But the ______ ___ __ ____.‘

• The truth being that much of the repair work that helped achieved this was done before 1922, when Mussolini came to power.

Question 5• It is presented as the famous last excuse for Fascism in Italy. In

1936 the American journalist George Seldes complained that when his fellow-countrymen returned home from holidays in Italy they seemed to cry in unison: 'Great is the Duce; the ______ ___ __ ___' And no matter how often they were told about Fascist oppression, injustice and cruelty, they always said the same thing: 'But the ______ ___ __ ____.‘

• The truth being that much of the repair work that helped achieved this was done before 1922, when Mussolini came to power.

Answer 5

• The Trains Ran on Time

Question 6

This 1976 National Geographic photograph from 1976 is what inspired the pop star X to pen down the song Y; and not his/her fasination with aristocracy.

Question 6

This 1976 National Geographic photograph from 1976 is what inspired the pop star X to pen down the song Y; and not his/her fasination with aristocracy.

Answer 6

• X- Lorde• Y- Royals

Question 7• Bergen County, New Jersey, is the last remaining county that

prohibits this particualr activity on a particular day for secular reasons voted to keep by residents through numerous referendums.

• However, in 2012, the laws were relaxed slightly for one particular day in 161 years, the reason being Hurricane Sandy

• What am I talking about?

Question 7• Bergen County, New Jersey, is the last remaining county that

prohibits this particualr activity on a particular day for secular reasons voted to keep by residents through numerous referendums.

• However, in 2012, the laws were relaxed slightly for one particular day in 161 years, the reason being Hurricane Sandy

• What am I talking about?

Answer 7

• Shopping on Sundays

Question 8

• ”……It started with the Maharashtra government announcing a ban on sale of beef in the state a move, which led to massive debates online and offline, spiraling into the ‘beef controversy’,” Yahoo said in a statement.

• It further said: “Fuelled further by the mob lynching at Dadri, the ‘cow’ became the icon of discussions on ‘intolerance’, sparking the ‘award wapsi’ campaign, and even stalling the Parliament proceedings at one point”

• What is Yahoo! trying to justify?

Question 8

• ”……It started with the Maharashtra government announcing a ban on sale of beef in the state a move, which led to massive debates online and offline, spiraling into the ‘beef controversy’,” Yahoo said in a statement.

• It further said: “Fuelled further by the mob lynching at Dadri, the ‘cow’ became the icon of discussions on ‘intolerance’, sparking the ‘award wapsi’ campaign, and even stalling the Parliament proceedings at one point”

• What is Yahoo! trying to justify?

Answer 8

• Declaring “cow” as The ‘Personality of the Year’ 2015

Question 9

• In 2011 Chinese government banned a certain kind of TV shows as they “lacked positive thoughts and meanings”. Thus, shows like Dr Who, Samurai Jack and Dragon Ball Z Cell Saga were banned?

• What kind of shows were banned?

Question 9

• In 2011 Chinese government banned a certain kind of TV shows as they “lacked positive thoughts and meanings”. Thus, shows like Dr Who, Samurai Jack and Dragon Ball Z Cell Saga were banned?

• What kind of shows were banned?

Answer 9

• Shows involving Time Travel.

Question 10

• Lyft is a privately held American transportation network company based in San Francisco. The company's mobile-phone application facilitates peer-to-peer ridesharing by connecting passengers who need a ride with drivers who have a car.

• Recently a company has invested $500 Million in this ride-hailing service, which seems to be a counterintuitive move, as it might result in lesser cars on the road. Which company?

Question 10

• Lyft is a privately held American transportation network company based in San Francisco. The company's mobile-phone application facilitates peer-to-peer ridesharing by connecting passengers who need a ride with drivers who have a car.

• Recently a company has invested $500 Million in this ride-hailing service, which seems to be a counterintuitive move, as it might result in lesser cars on the road. Which company?

Answer 10

• General Motors

Question 11• We are all aware of the “monkey-selfie” controversy of 2013, but in 2015 the

issue managed to make headlines once more…• Some coverage of the monkey selfie controversy last year identified the

macaque as female. The photographer David Slater identifies the monkey as female in his book, Wildlife Personalities. PETA’s own president, Ingrid Newkirk, identified the monkey as female in a 2014 essay arguing that the monkey should own copyright in the photos.

• Male Sulawesi crested macaques (also known as Celebes crested macaques and black macaques) are about twice the size of female macaques. They also have “enlarged canine teeth compared to females.” The monkey in the famous “selfie” photo does not have enlarged canine teeth compared to juvenile monkeys.

• What’s the controversy about?

Question 11• We are all aware of the “monkey-selfie” controversy of 2013, but in 2015 the

issue managed to make headlines once more…• Some coverage of the monkey selfie controversy last year identified the

macaque as female. The photographer David Slater identifies the monkey as female in his book, Wildlife Personalities. PETA’s own president, Ingrid Newkirk, identified the monkey as female in a 2014 essay arguing that the monkey should own copyright in the photos.

• Male Sulawesi crested macaques (also known as Celebes crested macaques and black macaques) are about twice the size of female macaques. They also have “enlarged canine teeth compared to females.” The monkey in the famous “selfie” photo does not have enlarged canine teeth compared to juvenile monkeys.

• What’s the controversy about?

Answer 11

• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a male Sulawesi crested macaque named Naruto, arguing that the monkey owns a copyright in the famous “monkey selfies.”

Question 12• in 1950, when the International Organisations Division (IOD)

was set up by the CIA under Tom Braden. It was this office which subsidised the animated version of George Orwell's Animal Farm, which sponsored American jazz artists, opera recitals, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's international touring programme. Its agents were placed in the film industry, in publishing houses, even as travel writers for the celebrated Fodor guides. And, we now know, it promoted something that was supposed to bring people’s attention away from social issues and social ills and was used as a weapon in the propaganda war against the Soviet Union.

• What was it that the CIA covertly promoted?

Question 12• in 1950, when the International Organisations Division (IOD)

was set up by the CIA under Tom Braden. It was this office which subsidised the animated version of George Orwell's Animal Farm, which sponsored American jazz artists, opera recitals, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's international touring programme. Its agents were placed in the film industry, in publishing houses, even as travel writers for the celebrated Fodor guides. And, we now know, it promoted something that was supposed to bring people’s attention away from social issues and social ills and was used as a weapon in the propaganda war against the Soviet Union.

• What was it that the CIA covertly promoted?

Answer 12

• Abstract art.

Question 13• Operation INFEKTION was a KGB disinformation campaign.

The Soviet Union used it to undermine the United States’ credibility, foster anti-Americanism, isolate America abroad, and create tensions between host countries and the U.S. over the presence of American military bases (which were often portrayed as the cause of X).

• The USSR abandoned the operation after Gorbachev came to power (and needed American help to deal with his own country’s X problem)

• What is this problem X?

Question 13• Operation INFEKTION was a KGB disinformation campaign.

The Soviet Union used it to undermine the United States’ credibility, foster anti-Americanism, isolate America abroad, and create tensions between host countries and the U.S. over the presence of American military bases (which were often portrayed as the cause of X).

• The USSR abandoned the operation after Gorbachev came to power (and needed American help to deal with his own country’s X problem)

• What is this problem X?

Answer 13

• AIDS virus• The campaign spread information that the

United States invented HIV/AIDS as part of a biological weapons research project at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Question 14

• X is a space-filling substance or field, thought to be necessary as a transmission medium for the propagation of electromagnetic or gravitational forces.

• The word X comes from “Adhar” which meant it was the basis or medium for the propogation of all types of electomagnetic waves.

Question 14

• X is a space-filling substance or field, thought to be necessary as a transmission medium for the propagation of electromagnetic or gravitational forces.

• The word X comes from “Adhar” which meant it was the basis or medium for the propogation of all types of electomagnetic waves.

Answer 14

• Aether/ether

Question 15Sketches of the Sphinx by the Dane Frederic Louis Norden were created in 1737 and published in 1755. Thease sketches have helped debunk which still popular myth regarding The Sphynx?

Question 15Sketches of the Sphinx by the Dane Frederic Louis Norden were created in 1737 and published in 1755. Thease sketches have helped debunk which still popular myth regarding The Sphynx?

Answer 15

• Napoleon's canon fire destroyed the Sphinx’s nose and lips.

• They couldn’t have because Napolean only invaded Egypt in 1798.

Question 16• Xing is an Internet meme involving the music video for the

1987 ____ Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch; a person provides a hyperlink which is seemingly relevant to the topic at hand, but actually leads to Astley's video. The link can be masked or obfuscated in some manner so that the user cannot determine the true destination of the link without clicking. People led to the music video are said to have been Xed. Xing has extended beyond web links to playing the video or song disruptively in other situations, including public places, such as a live appearance of Astley himself in the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

Question 16• Xing is an Internet meme involving the music video for the

1987 ____ Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch; a person provides a hyperlink which is seemingly relevant to the topic at hand, but actually leads to Astley's video. The link can be masked or obfuscated in some manner so that the user cannot determine the true destination of the link without clicking. People led to the music video are said to have been Xed. Xing has extended beyond web links to playing the video or song disruptively in other situations, including public places, such as a live appearance of Astley himself in the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

Answer 16

• Rickrolling

Question 17• Cracked author Dan O’Brien- “…People who buy the book (which you can do right

here or here) might notice that I've curiously left out every president that's still alive currently. Well, when you do the kind of research associated with this subject matter, certain flags are raised, flags that the government takes notice of, Flags I know intimately. While working on this book, I made the very misguided decision to write and publish a (satirical) article on Cracked advocating committing certain crimes against the president. (I'm going to pause briefly to say that I, Daniel O'Brien, in my capacity as an Internet role model, in no way endorse committing any crimes against presidents. Non-presidents, too. I'm a really swell guy!). In addition to having to take the article down, I also get stopped and pulled aside at airports five out of six times that I fly.

• Nothing makes a joke funnier than a long explanation of what's funny about it, and apparently O'Brien was forced to live through this particular form of post-joke hell for a majority of the two hours he was questioned.

• My question, what is the book about/what is its title? The book has a 4.1 rating on Goodreads.

Question 17• Cracked author Dan O’Brien- “…People who buy the book (which you can do right

here or here) might notice that I've curiously left out every president that's still alive currently. Well, when you do the kind of research associated with this subject matter, certain flags are raised, flags that the government takes notice of, Flags I know intimately. While working on this book, I made the very misguided decision to write and publish a (satirical) article on Cracked advocating committing certain crimes against the president. (I'm going to pause briefly to say that I, Daniel O'Brien, in my capacity as an Internet role model, in no way endorse committing any crimes against presidents. Non-presidents, too. I'm a really swell guy!). In addition to having to take the article down, I also get stopped and pulled aside at airports five out of six times that I fly.

• Nothing makes a joke funnier than a long explanation of what's funny about it, and apparently O'Brien was forced to live through this particular form of post-joke hell for a majority of the two hours he was questioned.

• My question, what is the book about/what is its title? The book has a 4.1 rating on Goodreads.

Answer 17

• How to Fight Presidents, which is about “how to beat the crap out of every single lunatic who ran this country(USA).”

Question 18• This term comes from the fact that “___” used to be a

generic term for someone who was an idiot, dull, rube, unsophisticated, poor, or simpleton. More precisely, it was once a common term for “country bumpkins” or “hicks”, usually seen incorrectly as inherently stupid by “city” folk.

• This term was propogated by automobile interests who were trying to get pedestrians off the road, and their legacy is that today this term describes a crime in the United States.

• What term am I talking about?

Question 18• This term comes from the fact that “___” used to be a

generic term for someone who was an idiot, dull, rube, unsophisticated, poor, or simpleton. More precisely, it was once a common term for “country bumpkins” or “hicks”, usually seen incorrectly as inherently stupid by “city” folk.

• This term was propogated by automobile interests who were trying to get pedestrians off the road, and their legacy is that today this term describes a crime in the United States.

• What term am I talking about?

Answer 18

• Jaywalking

Question 19

• Marcion of Sinope (c. 85 – c. 160) was an important leader in early Christianity. His theology rejected the deity described in the Hebrew Scriptures and in distinction affirmed the Father of Christ as the true God. The Church Fathers denounced Marcion, and he chose to separate himself from the proto-orthodox church.

• What is Marcion’s greateast contribution to Christianity as we know it today.

Question 19

• Marcion of Sinope (c. 85 – c. 160) was an important leader in early Christianity. His theology rejected the deity described in the Hebrew Scriptures and in distinction affirmed the Father of Christ as the true God. The Church Fathers denounced Marcion, and he chose to separate himself from the proto-orthodox church.

• What is Marcion’s greateast contribution to Christianity as we know it today.

Answer 19

• invented the Bible as you know it.• Before Marcion, the Christian Bible as we know

it did not exist. There was no known segregation between the "Old" (Jewish) and "New" (Christian) Testaments before him. It was just hundreds of different stories in free circulation: multiple books of revelation, too many gospels to count, and more coming in every week.

Question 20• His origin runs parallel to that of Batman's sidekick, Robin

-- both characters were raised in the circus by trapeze-artist parents who were murdered by criminals, prompting their sons to mete out justice in pastels. But the Boy Wonder was whisked away to stately Wayne Manor, He had no such luxury. In fact, he began his crime-fighting career at the tender age of 14, with an equally tender murder spree. Growing up with the Jupiter Circus, He was hardened by years of executing songbirds and running headfirst into brick walls.

• Who is he?

Question 20• His origin runs parallel to that of Batman's sidekick, Robin

-- both characters were raised in the circus by trapeze-artist parents who were murdered by criminals, prompting their sons to mete out justice in pastels. But the Boy Wonder was whisked away to stately Wayne Manor, He had no such luxury. In fact, he began his crime-fighting career at the tender age of 14, with an equally tender murder spree. Growing up with the Jupiter Circus, He was hardened by years of executing songbirds and running headfirst into brick walls.

• Who is he?

Answer 20

• Super Commando Dhruv

Question 21

• The Ambubachi mela is a 4 day festival/Mela that is celebrated in Assam once a year and was in news recently. It's the time of the year when the Kamakhya temple is closed for 4 days and also many tantric saints show themselves only at this time of the year. What does this Ambubachi mela celebrate or commemorate?

Question 21

• The Ambubachi mela is a 4 day festival/Mela that is celebrated in Assam once a year and was in news recently. It's the time of the year when the Kamakhya temple is closed for 4 days and also many tantric saints show themselves only at this time of the year. What does this Ambubachi mela celebrate or commemorate?

Answer 21

• Kamakhya Devi’s annual menstrual cycle